The contractor hired to renovate the Reflecting Pool says its repair work caused the pool's liner to peel and bubble, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. Why it matters: President Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for the pool's damage — and has pushed for some of them to be prosecuted , even after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped the case. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Go deeper: Reflecting Pool repairs become personal for Trump
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
"How many times do I have to say no? I am not talking about that.” Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, repeatedly refused to answer questions about a case related to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage that President Donald Trump has publicly criticized her over.
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Two friends are dead and a third remains missing after a flash flood tore through one of the Grand Canyon's most popular backcountry corridors, and search teams with cadaver dogs are now combing the wreckage for any sign of the man who hasn't been found. The National Park Service confirmed that Dr. John Giusti, 46, […] The post Cadaver dogs deployed in Grand Canyon as flash flood death toll rises to two, one man still missing appeared first on American Almanac .
Two friends are dead and a third remains missing after a flash flood tore through one of the Grand Canyon's most popular backcountry corridors, and search teams with cadaver dogs are now combing the wreckage for any sign of the man who hasn't been found. The National Park Service confirmed that Dr. John Giusti, 46, a Texas chiropractor and father of three, and Brent Rosenkranz, 42, of Granbury, Texas, were killed when floodwaters ripped through Bright Angel Canyon on Saturday, August 29. Timothy Allen Smith, 53, the third member of their hiking party, has not been located. As of Tuesday, four cadaver dog teams were set to search the Bright Angel Creek and Phantom Ranch areas, joined by a U.S. Border Patrol technical search team using…Open
Hikers thought they’d prepared for the reality of a flash flood, but they never imagined that they’d be trapped in the deepest, narrowest part of the canyon.
